called (up)

verb

past tense of call (up)
1
as in lined up

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2
as in recruited

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for called (up)
  1. summoned
  2. recruited
  3. convened
  4. enrolled
  5. organized
  6. levied
  7. grouped
Verb
  • Prosecutors have requested that the defendants be summoned for questioning, but the judge has not ordered it.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Forensic teams summoned to a nearby police complex during the raid were never sent to the scenes, according to records reviewed by the organization.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of summoned
Verb
  • Republicans argue the second Sullivan was recruited into the race to sow confusion, an allegation substantiated on Wednesday by a bombshell New York Times report.
    — David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Undaunted by the huge blank wall, Mendez recruited some of the same young people working on the 23rd Street mural along with youth from the neighborhood.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of recruited
Verb
  • Top executives convened for a panel hosted by The Female Quotient and F1 Academy during the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Despite that lack of evidence, the loosening of restrictions has come after the FDA began analyzing how to make the substances more accessible and convened a panel to discuss allowing compounding pharmacies to manufacture them.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of convened
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  • As a result of sticker shock, Ohio saw the biggest drop — tied with Oklahoma for the most in the nation — in the number of people enrolled in the marketplace last year, with a nearly 33% decline in enrollment.
    — Saige Miller, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Stankard was born in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1943 and enrolled in 1961 in a glassblowing program at Salem County Vocational Technical Institute.
    — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
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  • The group has organized several listening events, at venues from the Museum of Old and New Art in Tasmania to the Angel Orensanz Center, housed in a 175-year-old former synagogue in New York.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • XPeng shared footage of the test on October 23, following a drive organized by Chinese automotive platform BitAuto, also known as Yiche.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of organized
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  • The penalty, one of the largest ever levied against Meta or any other company, is the latest legal hit to the social media giant, which has grappled with lawsuits over allegations of social media addiction and child safety.
    — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The penalty is the largest levied against the tech giant in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of levied
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  • Acxiom, a major data company, developed a segmentation system called PersonicX that grouped households into lifestyle categories.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Two popular names with deep ties to the Pittsburgh region will be grouped this week at the PGA Tour's event in Bermuda.
    — Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of grouped
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“Called (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/called%20%28up%29. Accessed 30 Oct. 2026.

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